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Tomatis Method Stimulation: Effects on Student Educational Interpreters
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ina-Marí du Toit --- North-West University, South Africa Wynand F. du Plessis --- North-West University, South Africa Doret K. Kirsten --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study explored the impact of the Tomatis Method of sound stimulation on student interpreters at a merged higher education institution in South Africa. Interpreters were randomly allocated to a pre-post, experimental (n=9) and non-intervention control group (n=9) (age range... -
The first closure of shellfish harvesting due to domoic acid in Puget Sound, Washington, USA
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: BD Bill FH Cox RA Horner JA Borchert VL TrainerThe first domoic acid (DA)-related closure of shellfish harvesting in Puget Sound, Washington, USA, occurred in early September 2003 owing to a DA concentration of 29ppm measured in blue mussels Mytilus edulis from Fort Flagler, Kilisut Harbor. Subsequent beach and... -
Socio-economic impact of ox skidding project to the surrounding villages of Mount Meru forest plantations, Northern Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: W.S. Abeli --- Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation, Tanzania J.R. Maximillian --- Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation, Tanzania A.E. Kweka --- Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation, Tanzania D.T.K. Shemwetta --- Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation, TanzaniaThe ox skidding project was initiated with the objective ofusing oxen for transporting logs from the stump sites to the landings. It was supposed to be a participatory research project aimed at integrating scientific knowledge with practical skills and resource... -
Regional infraclavicular blocks via the coracoid approach for below-elbow surgery: a comparison between ultrasound guidance with, or without, nerve stimulation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: FMT Azmin --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Malaysia YC Choy --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, MalaysiaThis randomised, observer-blinded study compared brachial plexus infraclavicular block under ultrasound guidance with, or without, nerve stimulation, for patients undergoing below-elbow surgery. -
Obstetrical ultrasound training of and practise by general practitioners in the private sector, Free State
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Foulkes --- Department of Family Medicine, G Joubert --- Department of Biostatistics, BL Faber LA Hiemstra --- Department of Family Medicine,Background: The aim of the study was to determine the level of obstetrical ultrasound training and practice of general practitioners in the Free State private sector. -
Sonar findings of the uterus in patients on medroxyprogesterone acetate (Depo Provera) 150 mg injection
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: LA De Wilde --- Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, WJ Steinberg --- Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, M Nel --- Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences,Background: Depo Provera (medroxyprogesterone acetate) 150 mg intramuscular injection every 12 weeks is one of the most common, effective, affordable and popular methods of contraception. Depo Provera shows excellent results in comparison to oral contraceptive agents as well as the... -
Pyogenic liver abscess mimicking pleural effusion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Abiodun --- Institute of Child Health, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, W Osarogiagbon --- Institute of Child Health, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, O Oviawe --- Institute of Child Health, University of Benin Teaching Hospital,Pyogenic liver abscess is a major visceral abscess that may pose a diagnostic dilemma in a febrile child with prominent extra-abdominal symptoms. We present a case of a well-nourished, immunocompetent four-year-old girl who had none of the common predispositions to... -
The use of ultrasonography in the perioperative management of penetrating chest trauma with indwelling blade
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: S Kudsk-Iversen --- Stanger Hospital, South Africa R Matos-Puig --- Stanger Hospital, South AfricaWe report on the anaesthetic and postoperative analgesic management of a patient presenting with a single penetrating thoracic injury, with radiological confirmation of a foreign object still present in the thorax. The patient underwent an emergency right posterolateral thoracotomy. We... -
Aesthetics of Muslim public and community formations in Cape Town: observations of an anthropologist
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Ala Rabiha Alhourani --- Department of Anthropology and Sociology, South AfricaThis paper explores the implications of the arrival of Muslim Somali immigrants for the emergence of other Muslim communities in post-apartheid Cape Town. The ethnography unpacks the complexity and diversity of Somali identity formation, their culturally distinct politics of aesthetics... -
Ultrasound-guided supraclavicular brachial plexus anaesthesia improves arteriovenous fistula flow characteristics in end-stage renal disease patients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Shyam Meena --- Department of Anaesthesia, India Virendra Arya --- Department of Anaesthesia, India Indu Sen --- Department of Anaesthesia, India Mukut Minz --- Department of Anaesthesia, India Mahesh Prakash --- Department of Anaesthesia, IndiaBackground: Surgical construction of an arteriovenous fistula is preferred for end-stage renal failure patients requiring long-term haemodialysis. -
Imaging in gynaecological oncology follow-up
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: B R Howard --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Gynaecology Oncology Unit, R P Soeters --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Gynaecology Oncology Unit,The early detection of a gynaecological cancer recurrence is important in order to institute early treatment. Numerous imaging techniques have been used to follow up patients after treatment of gynaecological malignancies. These include plain X-rays, ultrasound, CT scan, MRI scan... -
An original risk of ovarian malignancy index and its predictive value in evaluating the nature of ovarian tumour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: Vesna Antovska --- Department of Urogynecology, Macedonia Milka Trajanova --- Department of Urogynecology, MacedoniaBackground: We carried out this study to evaluate the predictive value of an original risk of ovarian malignancy index (ROMI) devised by us. -
Transvaginal colour Doppler ultrasound in predicting response to chemoradiation in patients with carcinoma of the cervix
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: Mishu Mangla --- SMS Medical College, India Deepak Singla --- Department of Anaesthesia,Background: The objective of the study was to evaluate the potential role of transvaginal colour Doppler ultrasound (TVCDUS) in predicting response to chemoradiotherapy in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer. -
Preliminary comparison of calls of the hybridizing fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis and A. gazella
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: M. St Clair Hill --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, South Africa J.W.H. Ferguson --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, South Africa M.N. Bester --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, South Africa G.I.H. Kerley --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, South AfricaThe Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) and the Subantarctic fur seal (A. tropicalis) hybridize on a relatively small scale at Marion Island. To date the description of calls published for A. tropicalis and A. gazella are fragmented and not easily... -
Ultrasound-guided neural blockade in Proteus syndrome
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Aidan C Kingwill --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Anaesthesia, School of Medicine, South Africa Gillian Lamacraft --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Anaesthesia, School of Medicine, South AfricaSummary: Proteus syndrome is a rare genetic disorder first described in 1979 and named after Proteus, a Greek demigod who was capable of changing his form to avoid capture. The incidence is < 1:1 000 000, but can be expected to be... -
Malnutrition in the acutely ill patient: is it more than just protein and energy?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Pe Wischmeyer --- Professor of Anaesthesiology, University of Colorado,Malnutrition has traditionally been thought to involve deficiencies in protein and energy (macronutrients); however, we know that specific key nutrients, when deficient. can also lead to significant morbidity and mortality. Large studies performed with replacement of single nutrients, such as... -
Comparison of lung ultrasound with transpulmonary thermodilution in assessing extra-vascular lung water
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Jody G Davids --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Anaesthesiology, South Africa Edwin W Turton --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Anaesthesiology, South Africa Jacques E Raubenheimer --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistics, South AfricaBackground: Increased extra-vascular lung water (EVLW) is common in critical care and correlates with the severity of acute lung injury, length of intensive care unit stay and mortality. Lung ultrasound (LUS) can assess EVLW by determining the amount of ‘B-lines’:... -
Ocean robotics in support of fisheries research and management
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: S Swart --- Ocean Systems and Climate, South Africa JJ Zietsman --- Defence, Peace, Safety and Security, South Africa JC Coetzee --- Branch: Fisheries Management, South Africa DG Goslett --- Defence, Peace, Safety and Security, South Africa A Hoek --- Sea Technology Services (Pty) Ltd, South Africa D Needham --- Sea Technology Services (Pty) Ltd, South Africa PMS Monteiro --- Ocean Systems and Climate, South AfricaSouth Africa’s small-pelagic fishery is a socio-economically important component of the country’s commercial fisheries sector, second in value only to the demersal trawl fishery. Management of this sector relies on infrequent hydro-acoustic surveys, which provide measures of anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus... -
Laryngotracheal and cervical muscular anatomy in the genus Uroplatus (Gekkota: Gekkonidae) in relation to distress call emission
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Anthony P. Russell --- , , Canada Heather A. Hood --- , , Canada Aaron M. Bauer --- , , USAThe gekkonid Uroplatus exhibits many autapomorphic features. The laryngotracheal region has long been noted to display unusual characteristics, with a widely expanded and membrane-roofed anterior portion of the trachea being prominent among these. It has been proposed that this tracheal... -
Outward foreign direct investment from South Africa’s energy sector and the transfer of environmentally sound technologies to Uganda’s energy sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Albert Edgar Manyuchi --- Department of Political Sciences, South AfricaFollowing the end of apartheid in 1994, outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) from South Africa has been on the increase. However, the content of South African OFDI has remained an understudied topic. This article explores whether intra-regional flows of FDI... -
Assessment of noise-levels of generator-sets in seven cities of South-Southern Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Osagie Ibhadode --- Building Research Department, Nigeria I. T. Tenebe --- Department of Civil Engineering, Nigeria P. C. Emenike --- Department of Civil Engineering, Nigeria O. S. Adesina --- Dept. of Mathematical Science, Nigeria A. F. Okougha --- Science Laboratory Technology Research Department, Nigeria F. O. Aitanke --- Department of Production Engineering, NigeriaNoise pollution has been shown to be a global health hazard and this could be aggravated by the use of noise-emitting generators. Therefore, this study aims to determine the Sound Pressure Levels Sound Power Levels as well as Noisiness of... -
Deceptive jugular manometry, blood colour and Po2 in the presence of an ipsilateral upper extremity arteriovenous fistula: a report of two cases
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: David M Corda --- Department of Anesthesiology, USA Stephen Aniskevich III --- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, USAManometry, blood gas analysis and colour of blood are often used as adjuncts to verify central venous access and rule out inadvertent arterial puncture. Several clinical scenarios may make these techniques unreliable. Two cases are presented involving patients with mature... -
Bathymetry, substrate and fishing areas of Southeast Atlantic high-seas seamounts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: OA Bergstad --- Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway ÅS Høines --- Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway R Sarralde --- Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia, Centro Oceanografico de Canarias, Spain G Campanis --- South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO), Namibia M Gil --- Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal, Edificio de Ciencias Experimentales, Spain F Ramil --- Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal, Edificio de Ciencias Experimentales, Spain E Maletzky --- Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Namibia E Mostarda --- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Italy L Singh --- Branch: Fisheries Management, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), South Africa MA António --- Secretary of State of Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, AngolaMost of the Southeast Atlantic Ocean is abyssal, and global bathymetries suggest that only ∼3.2% of the areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ; also known as the high seas, as defined in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the... -
Listening for Johannesburg: secret affinities, wondrous resonances
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Brett Pyper --- Wits School of Arts, South AfricaAmongst the diverse music scenes that have emerged during the unfinished transition from apartheid, those that have formed within voluntary associations of jazz lovers remain a notable, if fractured and only partially audible feature of city culture around Johannesburg and... -
Duration of survey changes interpretation of habitat preferences: an example of an endemic tropical songbird, the Bangwa Forest Warbler
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Michał Budka --- , Poland Magdalena Czyż --- , Poland Anna Skierczyńska --- , Poland Michał Skierczyński --- , Poland Tomasz S Osiejuk --- , PolandUnderstanding the distribution, habitat preferences and population trends is crucial to effectively manage and protect birds. Currently, in this area, there are disproportionally more studies on temperate than on tropical species. Consequently managing, protecting and predicting population trends in tropical... -
Assessment of the acoustic change in heat-treated Pinus elliottii and Bertholletia excelsa wood from homogeneous plantations in Brazil
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Daiana Sousa de Jesus --- Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jonnys Paz Castro --- Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Taiane Guedes --- Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil José Reinaldo Moreira da Silva --- Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil João Vicente de Figueiredo Latorraca --- Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Alexandre Miguel do Nascimento --- Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BrazilHeat treatment has been used in wood to improve its technological properties, but due to the complex nature of wood, it is necessary to carry out analyses to confirm the changes, and also to investigate which temperatures and protocols are... -
Clinical and ultrasound characteristics distinguishing benign and malignant thyroid nodules in Johannesburg, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Kershlin Naidu --- Netcare Waterfall City Hospital, South Africa Victoria Saksenberg --- Netcare Waterfall City Hospital, South Africa Nasrin Goolam Mahyoodeen --- Netcare Waterfall City Hospital, South Africa -
Call to prayer: the sound of the adhan, heritage and shifting urban identity in Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Duane Jethro --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Mahoati Arthur Lehloenya --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaArchitectural analyses of heritage and the city largely focus on the visual and physical properties of buildings and sites. Traces of intangible, sensuous heritage such as sounds, smells and community-lived experience are often left out. This article critiques this tradition... -
“Sing and make music to the Lord”: cultural difference in South Africa’s urban religious soundscapes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Douglas Bafford --- , United StatesScholars of contemporary Christianity have long noted the importance of sacred music in constructing faith communities and distinguishing religious actors from one another. Drawing on historical and ethnographic evidence gathered over 16 months in Johannesburg, South Africa, I examine the... -
Muscle ultrasound: a reliable bedside tool for dietitians to monitor muscle mass
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Lizl Veldsman --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Alison Lupton-Smith --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Guy A Richards --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Renée Blaauw --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa